The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-11-05

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Capt. C. 4. Roberto went a-hunting one
day early in the week. He did not COLOR
a deer and therefore hung up no yenison.
lie relates his experience thsisly: "a
rabbit raised up not over ten ieet before
me and probably not having a', ever sss ea
astonished and think even doubted my
ability as a crack shot, and raised up ON
his haunchcs to get a square look at me.
I took careful aim and Tired. When the
smoke cleared away there stood Mr..
Rabbit scratching one ear with his hind
foot while he put his fore paw to his nose
In a very insinuating manner, which
somewhat nettled me and gave him the
contents OF the other barrel, the influence
81 which scattered his finely-iiavored
meat 10 the four winds and / could not
find enough Of the remains to substant-
late my story when ] got home"
Lou Clapp went deer huntingnear Pam
ola this state, on Wednesday afternoon.
He stationed himself on runway and
the music OF winds through the tamarack
trees soon hllled him tosleep, Afriendly
porcupine made him call and after
chewing the strings off his moccasins and
craving enneagonal hole I'm his varacity
departed. During LOUIS sleep he dreamed
he stood on the Lockwood house steps
and gave orders To merchants around
town for goods to be delivered mt the
house in time Tor dinner, as Is his custom,
and il is said that all Of the deer within
hearing Of his sonorous voice decamped
at once for Minnesota.
The editor returned from a weeks hunt
last Saturday. He roamed the hills and
= swamps near the Michigamme mountain
with the Stowell brothers, had good
time, caught another bad cold, got his
stomach out Of gear, tore his clothes,
killed rabbit, borrowed the carcass oil
a deer and returned home and will hunt
NO more this year.
c.. l.. Leach bagged two deer in the old
chopping south of town last Sunday.
One was buck and weighed nearly three
hundred pounds. The old fellow has
roamed that tract a long time and all
efforts to down him Jailed until MIR. Leach
sent n bullet ahead Of sixty grains OF
powder which sting the monarch per-
ceptibly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al. Austrian and Miss
Eta Bartel hunted on the west side OF
Runkel lake last Saturday and a splendid
doe fell victim 20 the unerring aim oil
one OF the party.
L. Flewelling il becoming a deer
slayer TO cope with Cooper's hero. Tues
dav afternoon near Runxel lake he sent
bullet crashing through the vital parts
OF fine buck.
Dan. Uruuhart, not Co be out done
went out and killed two deer on Thurs
day, just to show the boys how easy II
in when one knows how to do IL.
A. Parks. Miss Nellie Galbraith and
Mr.. and Mrs. Flewelhng hunted the fleet.
looted game in the vicinity OF Runke
. lake Tuesday afternoon.
A. Parks killed large doe on tn
Blaney road ON Thursday evening. III
struck her as she ran, the bullet tcarinl
her heart to atoms.
Supt. III. b. Swain murdered two dee
near the Lee Peck mine last week. He \
crack shot with his rifle.
Ray Kimball put thirty-two calibr
ball into a fat buck last Saturday. III
got him near Swan lake.
Deer are very plentiful In the wood
hereabouts but never has 30 lew beel
brought TO town.
Buslxirk. the terror TO the nimble game
IL hunting on the head-waters oil the Dee
river.
v. Carr was a party to the killing q
four deer north OF Runkel lake last Tues
day.
Hound dogs were mt work south O
town last Sunday. Such work viii neve
do.
DIR. H. G. Kimball killed deer one da
last week near the Edna property.
A. Parks assassinated deer south
town one day late last week.
Every owner OF q gun was out laf
Sunday.
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